Table 1 Bryozoan taxa recorded as main framework reef builders from sampled cores at Abrolhos Bank mid-shelf pinnacles.

From: Bryozoans are Major Modern Builders of South Atlantic Oddly Shaped Reefs

Taxons

Drill Depth

Total Presence

Total number of species

Geographic Distribution

References for Distribution

General Shape

4 m

15 m

25 m

Celleporaria atlantica (Busk, 1884)*

1

1

1

3

5

Brazilian Endemic (RJ, ES, BA)

2; 6

Encrusting

Parasmittina sp. nov. 1

1

1

1

3

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Stylopoma sp. nov. 1*

1

1

1

3

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Stylopoma sp. nov. 2*

1

1

1

3

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Hippaliosina imperfecta (Canu & Bassler, 1928)*

1

1

1

3

Brazilian Endemic (RN, BA, ES, RJ)

1; 2; 6

Encrusting

Parasmittina sp. nov. 2

1

0

1

2

9

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Reptadeonella bipartita (Canu & Bassler, 1928)

1

1

0

2

Caribbean. Brazil (AL, BA, ES)

1; 3

Encrusting

Rhynchozoon rostratum (Busk, 1856)*

1

1

0

2

Brazilian Endemic (RN, BA)

1

Encrusting

Plesiocleidochasma sp. nov.*

1

1

0

2

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Utinga castanea (Busk, 1884)

0

1

1

2

Brazilian Endemic (AL, BA, ES)

1; 4

Encrusting

Crisia sp.

0

1

1

2

N/A

 

Erect

Labioporella tuberculata Winston et al. 2014*

0

1

1

2

Brazilian Endemic (AL, BA)

2; 5

Encrusting

Exechonella sp.

1

1

0

2

N/A

 

Encrusting

Metrarabdotos aff. jani Winston et al., 2014*

1

0

1

2

N/A

 

Encrusting

Hemismittoidea sp. nov.

0

1

0

1

6

Abrolhos Endemic

Present Study

Encrusting

Arthropoma cecilii (Audouin, 1826)

0

1

0

1

Global distribution (South Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean)

1; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Encrusting

Metrarabdotos sp.

0

0

1

1

N/A

 

Erect

Gemelliporina glabra

0

0

1

1

Brazilian Endemic (PE, BA, ES)

1; 4

Erect

Steginoporella magnilabris

0

0

1

1

Caribbean. Brazil (RJ, ES, BA, AL)

1; 4

Erect

Crassimarginatella aff. tuberosa (Canu & Bassler, 1928)

0

1

0

1

N/A

 

Encrusting

Total: 20 spp.

11

15

13

    
  1. N/A, not applied. Brazilian States Abbreviations: AL, Alagoas; BA, Bahia; ES, Espírito Santo; PE, Pernambuco; RJ, Rio de Janeiro. *Species which colonies formed more than 10 layers inside cores. References for distribution cited in table are in the Supplementary Information: 1, Vieira et al., 2008; 2, Winston et al., 2014; 3, Almeida et al., 2015a; 4, Almeida et al., 2015b; 5, Vieira et al., 2016; 6, Almeida et al., 2017; 7, Canu and Bassler, 1929; 8, Marcus, 1937; 9, Osburn, 1952; 10, Liu, Yin and Ma, 2001.
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